Mamadou Sakho
Mamadou Sakho, 2009
Mamadou Sakho (born 13 February 1990 in Paris ) is a French footballer who plays for FC Liverpool is since 2013 under contract and belongs to the current line-up of the French national football team.
Career
Early years
Sakho was born in 1990 as the fourth of seven children in Paris. He grew up in the eastern district of Goutte d'Or, which is also called Little Africa. Sakho began at the age of six years at his hometown club Paris FC play football. In 2002 he moved to the youth department of Paris Saint- Germain. Sakho is originally a skilled striker, but was converted at PSG due to a defensive player, the defect at the defender.
He had some adjustment problems, as his coaches were not happy with his social behavior. He even threatened of expulsion from the youth academy. Only after many conversations with his parents and his former U-13 coach began Sakho, completely to focus on football. In April 2005 he made the jump to the regional youth team in the Ile- de -France region, with this he won the 2005 /06 the Coupe Nationale. In the same year he already played in the U-18 youth team, even though he was three years younger than most of his teammates. With the U-18, he won the Championnat National.
Sakho played six years in the so-called Camp des Loges. On 14 February 2007, one day after his 17th birthday, he was first used in the pros. He graduated in the last 32 of the UEFA Cup in 2006/ 07 against AEK Athens his very first professional game. The PSG won 2-0.
Rise at PSG
On 14 June 2007 Sakho signed his first professional contract, which was dated three years. With his then seventeen years he belonged to the first team squad and got the shirt number three. His first game of the season 2007/ 08 he played on 26 September 2007 at the Coupe de la Ligue, as PSG won 3-0 against FC Lorient. He acted in central defense along with the experienced Colombian Mario Yepes. His league debut came less than a month later, on October 20, a 0-0 draw against FC Valenciennes. After Pauleta captain and his deputy Sylvain Armand were not both in the starting lineup, Sakho was given the captain's armband at the age of seventeen years and eight months and became the youngest ever captain at Paris Saint -Germain and Ligue 1 at all. In the next match against Olympique Lyon, he was also captain and got to do it there with the emerging young talent Hatem Ben Arfa. Despite a good idea of Sakho Ben Arfa scored two goals and secured so that Lyon 's 3-2 victory over PSG. In the following match against AS Nancy Sakho suffered a serious injury and fell from more than two months. On 23 February 2008, he made his comeback when he played through the full season in the 1-1 draw against AS Monaco. On 29 March, he won with his team's 2-1 win against RC Lens and thus secured the Coupe de la Ligue in 2008. This was his first title in professional football. At the end of the season 2007/ 08 he was able to record sixteen inserts for themselves.
The following season, he completed 34 league games and reached with his team the 2nd place. The team also reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue and the Coupe de France, as well as the quarter-finals at the UEFA Cup 2008/09. On 30 January 2009, his contract was extended until 2012 due to his constant, solid performances and several transfer requests from abroad. Two weeks later, one day after his 19th birthday, Sakho scored his first league goal at all when he took his team 's 2-1 victory against AS Saint- Étienne 1-0.
The 2009/10 season he started with the two experienced Sammy Traoré or Zoumana Camara in central defense. During the season, Sakho became embroiled in a controversy: he had allegedly assaulted a journalist of Le Parisien physically at the training center of the PSG. Before the incident Sakho had probably faced the journalists with the accuracy of an article that made the nightclub visit before the match against FC Lorient for the poor performance and thereby resulting defeat responsible. After the confrontation he had insulted him and then beaten before he fled. The journalist, who wished to remain anonymous, and the newspaper itself described the actions of Sakho as "unprofessional". PSG president Robin Leproux and coach Antoine Kombouare apologized for the incident and also apologized to the journalists Sakho on the phone.
At the beginning of the season 2010/11 he had with Zoumana Camara a steady partner in defense. Due to the failure of captain Claude Makelele he was during the season of the UEFA Europa League 2010/11 as captain available. Mid-August 2010 took the veteran Sylvain Armand 's place Camara in central defense a. On 11 September, he scored his first goal of the season in a 4-0 victory over AC Arles- Avignon. In the Europa League, he led the 5-4 victory after two games against Maccabi Tel Aviv his team to victory and in the group stage. There, they met the teams Borussia Dortmund, FC Karpaty Lviv and Sevilla. After three wins and three draws and the associated group victory of the PSG reached the Round of 32, where they secured against BATE Borisov after a 0-0 draw in Paris and the 2-2 in Borisov by the away goals rule the next round.
Change in the Premier League
On September 2, 2013 Sakho changed on the last day of the transfer window in the Premier League for Liverpool. In the 4-1 victory over West Ham United on 15 Mamadou Sakho Gameday scored his first goal for the Reds.
National
Sakho played for all youth teams in his home country. At the age of 13 he played in the youth team of the regional Ile- de -France region along with players such as Yacine Brahimi ( Rennes ), TripY Makonda (Paris Saint Germain) and Sébastien Corchia (Le Mans FC ). His debut in the U -16 he gave on 21 March 2006 in a 3-1 victory over Germany. His only goal at the U- 16 he scored in the 1-0 victory against England in the tournament of Montaigu. This France won after beating Italy 2-1 in the final. His first game for the U -17 he played against Cyprus in an international youth tournament. In the middle of the season, Sakho was determined by coach François Blaquart captain. Under his leadership, the U -17 finished fourth and later at the U-17 World Cup 2007 quarter-finals of the U-17 Football Championship in 2007. In the quarter- finals of the U-17 football World Cup 2007 in South Korea, they lost against Spain with 4:5 on penalties.
Because of the increased number of appearances for his club, he completed just four caps for the U- 18th On 18 December 2007 he gave his debut against Portugal, it was followed by two friendly matches against Germany, one of the Gazi Stadion auf der Waldau, the stadium of VfB Stuttgart II, took place. Similar to the U- 18, it also ran at the U- 19: First Official matches for the club, on the other vocations in the U- 21 team prevented more than four international appearances. Despite only four missions he was part of the squad for the U-19 European Football Championships 2009. Paris Saint- Germain gave him, however, no release, on the grounds of wanting to protect him, because in the same month already at Toulon Tournament, he for the U- 21 had been involved.
His first game for the U- 21 team, he played on 19 August 2008 in a friendly against Slovakia. When Toulon Tournament 2009, he twice led his team as captain to the field and the latter taking Étienne Capoue. September 8, 2009 at the U -21 Football Championship 2011 qualifier against Ukraine, he scored his first and only goal for the U- 21st The match ended 2-2 draw. After the then Captain Moussa Sissoko was appointed to the senior team, Sakho was captain. This he should remain during the U -21 Football Championship 2011.
On August 5, 2010, he was nominated by the then new A coach Laurent Blanc for the friendly match against Norway on 11 August. Although he was not used, but was also nominated for the games in the months of September and October. On November 17, he was allowed to give his senior international debut when he came on as a substitute in a friendly against England in the 46th minute for Philippe Mexes.
Achievements
Paris Saint- Germain
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2008
- Coupe de France: 2010
- Ligue 1 2012/13